The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-06-14

proposed dummy line The following
committee was appointed TO see what would
be done to extend the enterprise among the
citizens of East Rome: H. D. Cothron,
Chairman; Fl. Yancey, NJ. Grahame, II. b.
Parks, Il. d. Tanner, A. Glover, and B. n.
| Connally.
Quite a curiosity was discovered in
Columbus Saturday. negro girl with six
| well developed toes on each foot. They
were not distorted, unsightly looking
| members either, each being shaped accord
ing TO Hoyle, with neat nails and colored
the prcttiest shade of black imaginable
| The girl lives in Carolina near the Locks,
and is about Is years of age.
| For some time the Mormon elders have
been making the residence Of Mitchell, near
| Seney, their headquarters, whence they
| traverse the country round about proselyt-
! ing the ignorant and unwary. Their dis
| gushing procedures aroused the citizens of
| Seney, who resolved TO rid the country of
| Mitchell and the elders at once Saturday
| they were given fifteen minutes TO leave
town and they obeyed with surprising
alacrity
On June % the Clarke Light Infantry, of
| Columbus, will give an excursion to Green
| vile, the returns of which are to be used in
| paying for their new fatigue uniform.
| They are to be very nearly like those of the
Atlanta Rifles, and very handsome indeed.
The pants will be of light blue with white
| stripes and the coats of dark blue with
black tubular braid, dark blue cap, gold
! cord band A specimen suit is exhibited in
| Ferris window
At meeting held last week at Forestville
committee was appointed to draft char
| ter for street railroad to run through
! Printup City, Forestville to Rome and South
| Rome, to be called the Printup City and
| Forestville Street Railroad Company Also
| committee to survey and have complete
| estimate made. The sense of the meeting
was to have Forestville, Printup City and
| Cothransboro incorporated into one and be
known as Printup City.
| The Southern Female College, at La
Grange, Ga, has just closed prosperous
session. The commencement exercises began
| Thursday night with very brilliant eXhi-
| bltion by the primary department before a
| large and appreciative audience. Among
| the attractions of the evening was very
| fine drama, composed by Mrs. F. M. Reid,
| of West Point, entitled Triumph of Virtue
| Over Vice" DIR. j. G.. Ryals, professor of
| theology of Mercer University, preached
| the commencement sermon, on Sunday,
June II.
Parker, Peacock &, Co., of Hawknsville,
| have established barrel factory there. 1t
| is located on the East Tennessee, Virginia
| and Georgia railroad, just across the river
IN Hawkinsville, in easy reach also, of the
| river and boat traffic. The firm make their
barrels out of the best white oak slaves and
send out none before thorough testing. This
is done by pouring hot glue, of thin consist
| ency, into the barrel, and if any should ex-
| ude and thereby discover leak the barrel
| Is at once rejected and returned to the
| cooper.
Superior Court convened at Baxley Satur-
| day, Judge Adams, of Savannah, presiding.
The main thing that was done was the re-
| sentencing of Dock Helndon, the young
| man who was convicted at Baxley about
two years ago of the murder of a negro about
| ten years previously. Herndon's friends are
| making a strong effort for his pardon.
Among other grounds the friends of Hern-
don have for asking for executive clemency
| is Herndon's bad health. 1t is believed that
| if Herndon is sent to the penitentiary he
cannot live week
A Coroner's jury, investigating the case
of the infant whose dead body was found
concealed in trunk at Harmony Grove on
June s, found as their verdict that Mrs
Cornelia Garrecht gave birth to the child,
which died of neglect and was concealed by
her, and that 2. G. Shepherd, of Harmony
Grove, and DR.. W. Tucker, of Atlanta,
were accessories Dr. Tucker denied any
treatment of the woman to produce abor-
ton, though she had consulted him in At
lanta, and one juryman refused to concur in
the verdict duplicating him.
Last Thursday afternoon Misses Leila
Hendry and Emma Keller were taking an
| afternoon walk on the railroad at Black
shear, and when reaching the cut, half a
mile distant, an alligator jumped down the
embankment near them. They screamed
and ran up the bank One watched his
| 'gatorship while the other went to Mr. Will
sons to get him to shoot it. Mr.. Wilson
dispatched the Florida curiosity, and he
measured five and half feet They tied a
rope around its neck and caused it to be
brought to Blackshear to substantiate their
story.
Friday night last John Royal, who lives
about eleven miles from AbDeville, was
aroused about midnight by his dog baying
something in his yard. He went out in his
night clothes to see what was the matter,
| and to his great surprise he found large
alligator. He took fence raul and beat it
for some time, and finally it sulled and lay
still. He then took his ak and killed it. The
alligator measured ten feet and four inches
In getting into the yard the alligator climbed
fence ten rails high. Mr. Royal lives near
his mill pond, and he supposes the alligator
was making for the pond.
On Sunday evening next the Macon aux
iliary of the American Bible Society will be
held at the Second Baptist church there
This society is an undenominational organi-
Zation and does vast amount of charitable
work in the distribution of the Scriptures.
The other city churches of Macon, it is ex-
pected, will close on the occasion an allow
their congregations to unite in the service,
in accordance with the usual custom. Last
year the address was made by Rev. Mr..
Wingate. This year brief addresses will be
made by Dr. Warren, Rev. H. p. Myres,
lthe Georgia agent of the society, and a
layman.
On Wednesday last a negro named Green
Erich, living on Mr.. A. Hardisons place,
near Taylor, was struck by lightning and in
stantly killed He was hoeing cotton at the
time, and fearing some danger from the ap-
preaching cloud, had just remarked to his
companion that perhaps they had better go
to the house But he was told to complete
the row on which he was at work, as it was
but short distance to the house, and that
they could then get there before it began to
rain. He had gone only about fifteen feet
after saying this before he fell to the ground
as if hit by bullet His left shoulder was
badly crushed, and the inner side of his left
leg was slightly scorched
A lot of wool was brought into Albany
Friday that weighed $50 pounds. 1t was
the clip of 225 sheep and was worth $40, $50
The cost of keeping flock of sheep is moth
ing they earn their own living by picking
,inv.tyonde nastiIraa Tho natural incrpaSa